Game 16 : Record 8-8

Greinke too much for Tigs.

Zack Greinke was awesome for the Royals Friday night, pitching a complete game 3-hitter. He allowed only 1 unearned run. He was simply dominate.

This was the first game of the year that the Tigers did not get at least 8 base hits. They just couldn't muster much of anything against Greinke. The one run they scored was entirely because of Gerarld Laird's heads-up baserunning and good speed (especially for a catcher). Rick Porcello pitched good, but far inferior to Greinke.

Rick's final line: 6.0 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 4 SO. Greinke's line: 9.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 10 SO. Complete game on only 108 pitches. Very impressive. Sometimes you have to just take your hats off to the other guy. They just cannot let no-name guys do this to them like what happened in 2008.

Grades:

Pitching: B-. Porcello was good, Nate was OK, Perry also good. 5 earned runs is too many, though.

Defense: F. Every game with at least one error gets an F. I am so sick of the defense being horrible and putting more pressure on the pitchers. It is a domino effect.

Offense: F. One unearned, manufactured run. They were dominated.